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Kári S Friðriksson

Economist / Data Scientist / Consultant

Looking for projects - open to job offers.

I am a independent economic consultant with strong ties with Intellecon and Reykjavik Economics.

As a private economic consultant I have tremendously diverse experince and have had different roles. I’ve worked independently, as part of a team and as a team leader. I have conducted highly technical academic analysis but also produced as highly accessable, graphic rich material, interactive dashboards and automatic reports.

Selected Projects

VR (labour union)

Gender paygap explored with machine learning.

Reykjavik, Iceland

2019

Ministry of Education

The incentive structure of the Icelandic university funding analysed.

Reykjavik, Iceland

2019

The Icelandic Federation of Trade

Accessable report on the Increased indirect labor cost.

Reykjavik, Iceland

2019

WOWair

Economic impact of the potential collapse of WOWair.

Reykjavik, Iceland

2019

Social Progress Imperative / Cognitio

Statistical analysis, data collection and development.

Brussels, Belgium

2017 - 2019

Ministry of Finance

Financial analysis of a potenetial road toll system.

Reykjavik, Iceland

2018 - 2019

SUCCESS (European Council)

Analysis of the competitiveness of European fisheries.

Europe

2018 - 2019

Other Customers

Among others:

Worldwide

2014 - 2019

  • Association of municipalities in the Capital Area (SSH)
  • Housing Financing Fund (HFF)
  • Íslandsbanki
  • Eaton Vance
  • City of Reykjavik
  • Ministry of Industries and Innovation
  • Ísafjarðarbær municipality

Employment

Freelance / Intellecon ehf.

Economic consulting, economic analysis, statistics, data science and more.

Reykjavik, Iceland

2015 - current

The Icelandic Competition Authority

Competition Economics

Reykjavik, Iceland

2015

Institute of Economic Studies

Emperical analysis

Reykjavik, Iceland

2010 - 2015

Central Bank of Iceland

Economic analysis, inflation forcasts

Reykjavik, Iceland

2013 - 2014

VR

Strategic planning, development and analysis.

Reykjavik, Iceland

2012 - 2013

Vísbending

Economic journalism

Reykjavik, Iceland

2008 - 2010

Education

Barcelona Graduate School of Economics

M.Sc. in Econoimcs and Finance (with emphasis on Statistics and Econometrics)

Barcelona, Spain

2011 - 2012

University of Iceland

B.Sc. in Economics

Reykjavik, Iceland

References

Gunnar Haraldsson

Founder of Intellecon

Reykjavik, Iceland

Intellecon

Valur Þráinsson

Chief economist at the Competition Authoritiy

Reykjavik, Iceland

The Competition Authority